It's 4 a.m., and Danilo C. Dequina is already awake. Holding a flashlight and a bucket, he is walking in the pre-dawn darkness along the shore of Old Poblacion Beach in the town of Maitum, ly. After clearing away several centimeters of sand, he uncovers a large group of eggs, roughly the size of ping-pong balls. He picks them up and puts them in the bucket.(孵化所), . The hatchery is really just a sandy patch of land under the coconut trees enclosed by a black fence. It is here that he buries the turtle eggs he has collected. Today, Dequina scoops a hole, puts the eggs in it, and covers them with sand. After 45 to 70 days, the eggs will hatch. Dequina will then carry the hatchlings to the shore, and release them into the sea. He admits to feeling sorrow as he sets the hatchlings free梞ost are hunted down by natural predators, and just one percent survive to adulthood.
iAccording to the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR), eight species of sea turtles face extinction, including four that come to the shores of Sarangani to lay their eggs—the Hawksbill, Olive Ridley, Loggerhead and Green Turtles.
After learning about their plight (困境), ew the attention of the locals. “They started to change their attitudes towards sea turtles,” 52-year-old Dequina says. “If they see turtle eggs, 0 hatchlings have been released to the ocean.
()11.Dequina walks along the shore to ________.()12.When________.()13.Whattoward Dequina's efforts?
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